| Summary: | 1911 The music for "The Potlatch Tickle (A Seattle Rag)" was composed by Donald A. Robertson, arranged by Carl A. Weber, and published by the Empire Music Publishing Company of Seattle. A native of Germany, Carl Alfred Weber (1863-1929) came to Seattle about 1910 and opened a music studio where he taught and arranged music. Donald Alexander Robertson (1888-1934) was a member of the Seattle Fire Department from 1915 until his death. He was born near Cowlitz, like his mother, Soulange (Chappelier) Westphal Robertson (1863-1923), whose father, Marcel Chappelier (1829-1872), settled in Washington Territory about 1857, and who "for years was captain of the scouts working among the Indians of the Northwest." The Golden Potlatch was a summer festival held in Seattle from 1911 through 1914. Organized by city boosters, it was designed to promote business interests and keep newly-prosperous Seattle in the public eye after the Alaskan gold rush and the success of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. “The Potlatch Tickle,” in the popular ragtime style, was but one of several songs written to promote the festival. Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, June 7, 1911, p. 5; September 19, 1918, p. 6; and November 16, 1924, p. 20. 1 score (6 p.) 10.25 x 13.75 in.
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